Melissa Widhalm

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Melissa Widhalm is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Widhalm has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Melissa Widhalm's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (10 papers), Climate variability and models (5 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (4 papers). Melissa Widhalm is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (10 papers), Climate variability and models (5 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (4 papers). Melissa Widhalm collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Melissa Widhalm's co-authors include Michael J. Hayes, Nicole Wall, Mark Svoboda, Ya Ding, Tonya Haigh, Linda S. Prokopy, Amber Saylor Mase, Cody Knutson, J. Stuart Carlton and Lois Wright Morton and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Climatic Change and Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Widhalm

20 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Lincoln Declaration on Drought Indices: Universal Meteorological Drought Index Recommended

2010 722 citations Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Widhalm United States	14	1.1k	539	273	233	189	20	1.6k
Cody Knutson United States	20	967 0.9×	615 1.1×	274 1.0×	287 1.2×	118 0.6×	42	1.6k
Chu Thai Hoanh Sri Lanka	23	637 0.6×	313 0.6×	295 1.1×	244 1.0×	112 0.6×	91	1.6k
Philippe Roudier France	14	800 0.7×	723 1.3×	403 1.5×	91 0.4×	209 1.1×	23	1.7k
Amare Bantider Ethiopia	25	1.2k 1.1×	544 1.0×	583 2.1×	153 0.7×	251 1.3×	64	2.2k
Akram Javed India	10	659 0.6×	501 0.9×	457 1.7×	357 1.5×	63 0.3×	37	1.6k
Diana Sietz Germany	23	557 0.5×	371 0.7×	102 0.4×	287 1.2×	66 0.3×	37	1.4k
Weston Anderson United States	24	861 0.8×	546 1.0×	137 0.5×	84 0.4×	321 1.7×	51	1.8k
Tonya Haigh United States	20	525 0.5×	502 0.9×	102 0.4×	385 1.7×	63 0.3×	50	1.4k
Kwadwo Owusu Ghana	20	447 0.4×	314 0.6×	89 0.3×	208 0.9×	182 1.0×	47	1.2k
Cosmo Ngongondo Malawi	16	607 0.6×	230 0.4×	302 1.1×	77 0.3×	210 1.1×	47	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Widhalm

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Widhalm

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20 of 20 papers shown

Day, Jonathon, et al.. (2021). Implications of climate change for tourism and outdoor recreation: an Indiana, USA, case study. Climatic Change. 169(3-4). 29–29. 28 indexed citations

Widhalm, Melissa & Jeffrey S. Dukes. (2020). Introduction to the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment: overview of the process and context. Climatic Change. 163(4). 1869–1879. 4 indexed citations

Hamlet, Alan F., Kyuhyun Byun, Scott M. Robeson, Melissa Widhalm, & Michael E. Baldwin. (2019). Impacts of climate change on the state of Indiana: ensemble future projections based on statistical downscaling. Climatic Change. 163(4). 1881–1895. 40 indexed citations

Singh, Ajay S., Jackie M. Getson, Amber Saylor Mase, et al.. (2018). Farmers' Climate Risk Perceptions and Use of Climate Information: 2016 Survey Data. 2 indexed citations

Haigh, Tonya, Chad E. Hart, Maria Carmen Lemos, et al.. (2018). Provision of Climate Services for Agriculture: Public and Private Pathways to Farm Decision-Making. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99(9). 1781–1790. 32 indexed citations

Widhalm, Melissa, et al.. (2017). UserTesting.com: A Tool for Usability Testing of Online Resources. Journal of Extension. 55(3). 1 indexed citations

Church, Sarah P., Tonya Haigh, Melissa Widhalm, et al.. (2016). Agricultural trade publications and the 2012 Midwestern U.S. drought: A missed opportunity for climate risk communication. Climate Risk Management. 15. 45–60. 19 indexed citations

Prokopy, Linda S., J. Stuart Carlton, Tonya Haigh, et al.. (2016). Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture. Climate Risk Management. 15. 1–7. 90 indexed citations

Widhalm, Melissa, et al.. (2016). Enhancing interdisciplinary climate change work through comprehensive evaluation. Climate Risk Management. 15. 109–125. 12 indexed citations

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Angel, James R., et al.. (2016). The U2U Corn Growing Degree Day tool: Tracking corn growth across the US Corn Belt. Climate Risk Management. 15. 73–81. 26 indexed citations

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Haigh, Tonya, Eugene S. Takle, Jeffrey A. Andresen, et al.. (2015). Mapping the decision points and climate information use of agricultural producers across the U.S. Corn Belt. Climate Risk Management. 7. 20–30. 56 indexed citations

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Church, Sarah P., Michael Dunn, Silvestre García de Jalón, et al.. (2015). Agricultural Advisors’ Climate Risk Perceptions: 2013-14 Content Analysis Data. 1 indexed citations

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Church, Sarah P., Tonya Haigh, Melissa Widhalm, et al.. (2015). Farmer Perspectives on Agricultural Practices, Information, and Weather Variability in the Corn Belt: A Statistical Atlas, Volume 2. 17 indexed citations

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Prokopy, Linda S., Tonya Haigh, Amber Saylor Mase, et al.. (2013). Agricultural Advisors: A Receptive Audience for Weather and Climate Information?. Weather Climate and Society. 5(2). 162–167. 49 indexed citations

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Takle, Eugene S., Christopher J. Anderson, Jeffrey A. Andresen, et al.. (2013). Climate Forecasts for Corn Producer Decision Making. Earth Interactions. 18(5). 1–8. 36 indexed citations

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Arbuckle, J. Gordon, Linda S. Prokopy, Tonya Haigh, et al.. (2013). Climate change beliefs, concerns, and attitudes toward adaptation and mitigation among farmers in the Midwestern United States. Climatic Change. 117(4). 943–950. 247 indexed citations

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Knutson, Cody, et al.. (2011). Farmer perceptions of sustainable\nagriculture practices and drought risk\nreduction in Nebraska, USA. Insecta mundi. 39 indexed citations

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Ding, Ya, Michael J. Hayes, & Melissa Widhalm. (2011). Measuring economic impacts of drought: a review and discussion. Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal. 20(4). 434–446. 214 indexed citations

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Svoboda, Mark, Melissa Widhalm, Cody Knutson, et al.. (2011). Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness. Insecta mundi. 9 indexed citations

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Hayes, Michael J., Mark Svoboda, Nicole Wall, & Melissa Widhalm. (2010). The Lincoln Declaration on Drought Indices: Universal Meteorological Drought Index Recommended. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 92(4). 485–488. 722 indexed citations breakdown →

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